Step 1: Building the Turtleback Form (Jig)
Step 2: Construction of Turtleback and Inside
Layup
Step 3: Turtleback Bulkhead and Rib
Step 4: Contouring and Glassing Outside of Turtleback
Step 5:
Installing the Rear Windows
Step 6: Installing the Canopy Hinges
Steps 7, 8, 9:
Installing the Upper Firewall, Turtleback, and Engine Mount
Reinforcements
Step 10: Installing the Canopy
·
Nose Profile Templates (Not Addressed in Plans)
· Setting the Canopy Tape Line
Step 11: Building the Canopy Frame
·
Shaping the Canopy Frame Blocks
· Glassing the Outside Canopy Frame
Steps 12, 13: Carving the Inside Foam, and
Canopy Hardware Reinforcements
Canopy Hoop (Not Covered by Plans)
Canopy Drip Rail (Not Covered by Plans)
Step 14: Provision for Removable Top
Step 15: Cutting out Forward Deck
Step 16: Installing Fuselage Top
Step 17:
Canopy Lip and Instrument Panel Cover
Step 18:
Access Door…NOT! I’m installing a
real canopy latch handle instead!
Step 19, 20, & 21: Installing the Canopy Hardware (Latches, Safety Catch, Handle)